10 Pinteresting People Teach Us How To Grow a Vegetable Garden

So you want to know how to grow a vegetable garden! It’s an exciting thought. There are several ways you can go about it. Ask yourself a few key questions first.What kind of space do you have? Do you have a yard area where you can plant directly into the ground? Or is your outdoor space a deck or patio like mine was in Key Largo?

Then, what is your budget?When we first started gardening, my budget was smaller than a shoestring! I bought the cheapest soil I could find, my neighbor gave me pots and I ordered the seeds online. And everything went out on our deck.

Regardless what you have and your budget, confirm your chosen area gets at least 6 hours of sunlight each day. If not, can you help your garden along with grow lights?

Then, decide how you want to build(the articles below will help you make this decision). Container Garden? Raised Garden? Directly into ground? Vertical garden? SO many choices!

First Time Gardener Supplies

The How To’s of Starting a Vegetable Garden

The Seasoned Homemaker gives a great overall idea on how to start a vegetable garden. She hits all the basics too: what type of garden should you start, should you choose seeds or starter plants, how to water, pest defense, etc.

Kid’s Garden

Never Go To the Store For Salad Makings Again

How fun is this idea? To be honest, I have to confess this is kinda where I started (and still where I am). I decide on the vegetables I eat the most and plant those.

I also choose the vegetables that are a little more costly here AND that we eat regularly-like bell peppers. Kevin and I go through 2-3 each week and they are currently $1.79 apiece up here (nonorganic). ARGGHHH! I would actually eat more if they were not so damaging to the grocery budget! Learn more here!

Grow Your Vegetables Indoors

Do you need or want to grow your garden indoors? Is it winter and you’re going stir crazy? Yes? Then indoor vegetable gardening is totally for you! Beginning steps are listed here. You just need to pick up a few tools of the trade and you’re off and running! Grow A Good Life shows you how here.

The Basics of Starting Your First Vegetable Garden

This is the absolute basics for starting a vegetable garden indoors with seeds.Stay Gold Autumn goes step by step on how and what seedlings to plant. This is a good place to start if you have never gardened before. I started my seeds in the winter with the Jiffy Seed Starter Trays. It worked out pretty well-especially for my peppers.

Conclusion

Now you know the basics of how to start a vegetable garden. There is a lot to consider but the process is oodles of fun! Pretty exciting, yes? Now, let’s do some planting!

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Becoming a vegetarian in 2012 meant I had to learn how to eat vegetables-not something customarily in my menu beyond lettuce & carrots. I also choose to live as simply as possible. Gardening is a natural part of this new path for me. Learn more about me here.